Bridalpanic
Member
So, this is my first post (I just didn't know what to write as an intro in the intro bit! Maybe I should've written this. Anyway...)
Long story short, I bought my wedding dress last xmas, blithely thinking it would all be fine... but when I tried it on a few weeks ago, it didn't fit any more. Argh!
My weight does tend to fluctuate a lot over time and I've lost and gained more times than I can remember. So I've got two projects here...firstly to look good on my wedding day, but secondly, to find a way of losing weight and keeping it off!
In the short term, i'm sort of over my initial panic. There's definitely some changes that can be made with alterations (have booked all that in) but for it to look good, I need to lose weight.
To be honest, I'd like to lose some anyway, and I'd like to use this dress as a motivator!
I don't want to weigh myself as that's something I've tended to get really stressed and obsessive out over in the past and don't want to go down that road. So, I'm going to go by how the dress fits/my clothes fit generally.
I'm currently a size 14 but want to be a size 10-12. The dress is about that, but can be expanded up to a roomy 12, says the dress alterations guy I'm working with.
I'm guessing I need to lose about a stone for the dress to fit as is, but with alterations, probably more like half a stone for the wedding itself... though I'd definitely like to go beyond that so I'm at least (or rather, at most!) a comfy size 12.
That's where I'm happiest and - for reference, in case dress sizes aren't very helpful to others, given how much they vary from shop to shop! - probably about 10 to ten and a 1/2 stone. I'm five foot four so that's at the upper end of my healthy range, but I think any lower than that is just asking for a miserable life to be honest - don't think my body likes being much below that :sigh:
Anyway.... I thought it would be nice to find a support forum and have pootled around here reading stuff for a bit, and everyone seems v nice and helpful. I am pretty scared, as this seems such an intimate thing to share with complete strangers... but from what I've gathered snooping around this forum, it does help!
In terms of the diet I'm going to follow, well, I reckon that's the least important part - because it's sticking to the bugger that's hard, not choosing which one! I'm going to go for yer basic calorie counting plus exercise.
What I really struggle with is the psychological side of it - finding a balance between sticking to my plan but not beating myself up if I slip up, and being able to get back on the horse.
Does anyone else have problems with this? It'd be really good to talk about it.
Anyway, that's probably enough waffle. I'm going to have some more of a look around and see what people have talked about in the past
Anyone got any threads they'd recommend about dealing with emotional eating/the psychological side of sticking to a diet?
Long story short, I bought my wedding dress last xmas, blithely thinking it would all be fine... but when I tried it on a few weeks ago, it didn't fit any more. Argh!
My weight does tend to fluctuate a lot over time and I've lost and gained more times than I can remember. So I've got two projects here...firstly to look good on my wedding day, but secondly, to find a way of losing weight and keeping it off!
In the short term, i'm sort of over my initial panic. There's definitely some changes that can be made with alterations (have booked all that in) but for it to look good, I need to lose weight.
To be honest, I'd like to lose some anyway, and I'd like to use this dress as a motivator!
I don't want to weigh myself as that's something I've tended to get really stressed and obsessive out over in the past and don't want to go down that road. So, I'm going to go by how the dress fits/my clothes fit generally.
I'm currently a size 14 but want to be a size 10-12. The dress is about that, but can be expanded up to a roomy 12, says the dress alterations guy I'm working with.
I'm guessing I need to lose about a stone for the dress to fit as is, but with alterations, probably more like half a stone for the wedding itself... though I'd definitely like to go beyond that so I'm at least (or rather, at most!) a comfy size 12.
That's where I'm happiest and - for reference, in case dress sizes aren't very helpful to others, given how much they vary from shop to shop! - probably about 10 to ten and a 1/2 stone. I'm five foot four so that's at the upper end of my healthy range, but I think any lower than that is just asking for a miserable life to be honest - don't think my body likes being much below that :sigh:
Anyway.... I thought it would be nice to find a support forum and have pootled around here reading stuff for a bit, and everyone seems v nice and helpful. I am pretty scared, as this seems such an intimate thing to share with complete strangers... but from what I've gathered snooping around this forum, it does help!
In terms of the diet I'm going to follow, well, I reckon that's the least important part - because it's sticking to the bugger that's hard, not choosing which one! I'm going to go for yer basic calorie counting plus exercise.
What I really struggle with is the psychological side of it - finding a balance between sticking to my plan but not beating myself up if I slip up, and being able to get back on the horse.
Does anyone else have problems with this? It'd be really good to talk about it.
Anyway, that's probably enough waffle. I'm going to have some more of a look around and see what people have talked about in the past
Anyone got any threads they'd recommend about dealing with emotional eating/the psychological side of sticking to a diet?
